Acting
Sophie Heathcote
Born December 25, 1972 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died January 4, 2006 · aged 33
Sophie Heathcote (25 December 1972 – 4 January 2006) was an Australian actress, known for her regular television serial roles, including A Country Practice, Water Rats and Grass Roots. Heathcote died in Connecticut, USA, from an aneurysm at aged 33. She had also been suffering from skin and pancreatic cancer. She was survived by her husband, their daughter, and their son.
Known For
Reckless Kelly · 1993Reckless Kelly
★ 4.61993
MovieComedy
A satirical take on a modern day Ned Kelly who is forced to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his belief, he cannot simply rob banks for his own benefit (all money goes to the poor). Ned is forced to find another way to come up with the $1 million required to save his family island.
Backlands · 1999Backlands
★ 6.51999
MovieCrime
A German high school graduate travels to Australia against her mother’s wishes to meet her uncle there. On the way, she joins two young Australians who have been caught by the drug investigation network, and thus calls her mother into action.
Home and Away · 1988Home and Away
★ 6.41988
SeriesDramaSoap
Home and Away is set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a coastal town in New South Wales, and follows the personal and professional lives of the people living in the area. The show initially focused on the Fletcher family, Pippa and Tom Fletcher and their five foster children Frank Morgan, Carly Morris, Steven Matheson, Lynn Davenport and Sally Keating, who would go on to become one of the show's longest-running characters. The show also originally and currently focuses on the Stewart family. Home and Away had proved popular when it premiered in 1988 and had risen to become a hit in Australia, and after only a few weeks, the show tackled its first major and disturbing storyline, the rape of Carly Morris; it was one of the first shows to feature such storylines during the early timeslot. H&A has tackled many adult-themed and controversial storylines; something rarely found in its restricted timeslot.
A Country Practice · 1981A Country Practice
★ 5.91981
SeriesSoapDrama
A Country Practice was an Australian television drama series. At its inception, one of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, who had wrote the pilot episode and entered a script contest for the network in 1979, coming third and winning a merit award. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping, Sydney. After its lengthy run on the seven network it was picked up by network ten with a mainly new cast from April to November 1994 for 30 episodes, although the ten series was not as successful as its predecessor . The Channel Seven series was also filmed on location in Pitt Town, while, the Channel Ten series was filmed on location in Emerald, Victoria.
E Street · 1989E Street
★ 6.71989
SeriesSoapDrama
An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called Westside. The stories revolve around the local community there. Created by Forrest Redlich and produced by Network Ten from 24 January 1989 to 13 May 1993.
Water Rats · 1996Water Rats
★ 6.21996
SeriesCrimeDrama
Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.
G.P. · 1989G.P.
★ 4.51989
SeriesDrama
G.P. is an Australian television series produced by Roadshow, Coote & Carroll for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, with the series being made between 1989 and 1996.
Soldier Soldier · 1991Soldier Soldier
★ 6.91991
SeriesDramaWar & Politics
The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.





